Look out ! God is mad at the world and tired of all the crap we fight over, He’s sent his Legion of angels to destroy us.
In Legion we follow the efforts of a small group of people, accompanied by an angel, stranded at a desert roadside cafe who are trying to survive the extermination of the human race when God decides he no longer has faith in man.
The opening sequence in which we see Michael, the angel, arrive is good and shows promise, but this is followed by almost 10 minutes of slow sequences. Unfortunately this fast/slow pairing continues throughout the movie, and really detracts from the experience. In most of the slow parts the characters are seen talking to each other, and seemingly telling each other moral stories, and I think this is the overall aim of the movie, to try to show us what will happen if we don’t all behave. This really failed if that is what the movie makers wanted.
To add in the dislike of this movie, the action sequences are fairly dull, as are most of the characters. The interactions of the two main angels, Michael and Gabriel, (Paul Bettany and Kevin Duand), were above par compared to the rest of the movie but that is not enough to save it. If you’ve seen the trailer you’ve seen the best parts and should save yourself some money. I’ll give it 1 star, just for the trailer and good marketing, but unfortunately it isn’t even worth renting, so Don’t Bother.